Cause and Risk

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Risk and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Risk" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Risk noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.

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Cause and risk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Risk".

Nearby Words: risky, risked, riskiness, risking

good	good cause	good risk
worth	worth cause	worth risk
common	common cause	common risk
likely	likely cause	likely risk
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, real, big, great, serious, huge, little, bad, potential, main, new, major, immediate, possible, apparent, less, greater, higher, biggest.

people	cause people	risk people
end	cause end	risk end
death	cause death	risk death
destruction	cause destruction	risk destruction
Other words: incident, time, apocalypse, injury, loss, explosion, damage, pain, harm, paradox, insanity, war.

However, he is old and retired to a ranch with his brother, and those impulses cause him to risk his life for no reason.

Source: Martyr Without a Cause
Apparently, terrorists are willing to kill, maim, torture — not to mention putting their own lives at risk — for no reason other than to cause death and destruction.

Source: Terrorists Without a Cause
These storms cause the region to be at a very high risk of flooding, hail, hurricane-force wind, and tornadoes which sometimes cause severe structural damage.

Source: Useful Notes / DFW Metroplex

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